Toy gun.



N. B. HARMON, JII.

TOY GUN.

APPLICATION IFILED SEPT. I. 1915.

l 1 '7l 1 9'7 Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Arran/VHS @GY i GUN.

Specication of Letters Patent.

rasantes. ree. e, reis,

Application le September l, 1915. eral No. 48,40%.

To all whom t may concern .D

Be 1t lrnown that l, Noten B. HARMON,

Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Gulfport, in the county of Harrison and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful improvements in IToy Guns, of which the ollowingis a specification.

' a plunger or rammer, and wherein the magazine is arranged to feed to the gun barrel adjacent to the breech, and in position in front of the plunger or remmer, when the said plunger or ramme'r is withdrawn, 'and wherein means is provided for permitting the magazine to be filled, and for limiting the withdrawal of the plunger or rammen, to prevent the entire removal of the same.

Furthermore, it is the object of this invention to provide a constructionjwhich shall' increase the effectiveness of the above mentioned gun by: first, introducing in a quick and expeditious manner a successive supply of pellets to the barrel in such a manner that each shall fit the barrel in an immediate and air-tight way; second, the holding of the about-tofbe-ejected pellet within the barrel' (at or near the end) until an extraordinarily high air lpressure has been. reached, thus ejecting the pellet with loud report and force; and further to obtain a simpleand-inexpensive construction.

ln the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of the improved gun; Fig. 2 is a section onthe line 2-2 of Fig. l, showing th, parte in one position;-Fig. 3 Ais a similar view, Fig. l" is an enlarged detail view' of the muzzle of the gun; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4;.IFig. 6 is an enlarged section' at the muzzle end of .the gun, and Fig. 7 is a similar view at the breech end.

rlhe present embodiment ofthe invention comprises a casing of oblong cross section, and having two bores, said casing consisting of the barrel 1, andthe magazine 2. rlhe bore 3 of the barrel extends entirely through showing the parts in another position;

the same, while the bore lof the magazine extends from nearthe muzzle of the barrel to near the breech, opening at the breechnby a port or passage 5 into the barrel. rlhe opposite end of the magazine is open, and is normally closed by a plug 6 in the storm of a cork or the like, and the barrel is pro-I vided with an enlarged conical recess i', just below the passage 5, :for receiving a pellet or projectile 8." This enlarged portion offthe barrel 1s of the same diameter approximately as a cross section of the magazine, and while,

the pellet has some play while in said recess,

yet there is not enough room for another pellet toiall. This recess 7 tapers forward into the barrel in such a way that when' the pellet is driven out of the recess into lthe barrel it compresses and shapes the pellet to it the barrel air-tight.

The pellets or projectiles are placed in the magazine through the open end, the cork 6 being removed for that purpose, and they pass rearwardly in the magazine to the passage 5, dropping into the barrel and seating in the recess 7, which prevents them from rolling either way of their` own volition.

lt will be noted from an inspection of Fig.

`7, that at the recess 7 the barrel is enlarged slightly, as indicated at 17, that is, the recess 7 tapers forward as above mentioned in the barrel. A. plunger or rammer 9 1s arranged within the barrel for sliding movement, and the said plunger or, rammer has Aa handle l0 at the end adjacent to the breech. This rammer is rounded to -fit the barrel, and the annular shoulder 11 at the inner end of the handle l0 forms a stop or abutment Jfor engaging the adjacent end of the barrel', to limit the inward movement of the plunger or rammer.

' TheV inner end of the plunger or rammer is recessed or rounded, as shown at12, to tit the periphery cfa projectile 8, and. a iiexible member 13, as for instance a cord, is provided for connecting the plunger to the barrel. @ne end of the cord is secured to the barrel at the breech, and on theunder side of the barre'lby means of a tackslll: or the like, and the other end is secured to the handle on the under side and at the inner end thereof, by means of a tack 15 or the like.

The plunger /or lremmer is oi" a length to extend, when theshoulder 11 is in engagement with the adjacent end of the barrel', to

Y The second pellet which'is driven forward near the other end, as shown in `ig. 3, but the rammer does not extend the full length of the barrel when in the position of Fig. 3.

,At a distance of onel pellet diameter or thereabout in front of the point where the end of the plunger or rammer l2 comes to rest when it is driven fully into the barrel, and the shoulder ll is in engagement with the adjacent end or the barrel, is a. slightly contracted or fchoked part of the barrel i6 forming an interior projecting ring around the inner surface of the barrel at that point.

rlhe cord or ilexible member 13 is of a length to permit the plunger or rammer to be withdrawn to the position of Fig. Il, that is, to such. position that the end 13 of the plunger or rammer will be at that side 'of the recess 7 and the passage 5 which is adjacent to the breech, and which is remote from theV muzzle.

ln operation, the magazine being iilled with pellets, andwith the rammerv in' the barrel, the pellets are .restrained from drop.- ping through the passage 5 into the barrelv by the remmer, and they are held in the position of Figs. 2 and 3. To load the gun, the rammer is Withdrawn. into the position of Fig. t. A pellet 8 now drops into the recess .7, and a forward -movement of 'the plunger will drive the pellet throughthe tapering part of recess Z into the barrel 3. in an airtight manner, and finally deposit the pellet at the position or Figs. 3 and i near the muzzle. Another withdrawal pf the rammer to the position of F ig. fl will permit a second pellet or projectile to drop into the barrel, seating in the recess 7, and now a frward movement of the plunger will compress the air-between the pellet at the muzzleand that at the breech, and #when this air is suciently compressed, the pellet at the muzzle willbe driven forcibly from the barrel, causing an explosion er detonation as the pellet leaves the barrele rlhe contracted .part of the barrel 16 holds l the pellet where it was originally deposited by the plunger until'an extraordinarily high air pressure is reached betweenA the pellets, when it is forced through contracted part of barrel 16 with great strength' and noise.

by plungerhwill take the place of the first pellet, formingv an abutment against whichY the airis compressed.

After the i'irst loading of the-barrel, at every complete reciprocation of the rammer, a pellet will be discharged from the muzzle. rlhe bore 4 of the magazine is of such size that while the pellets may Vmove freely through the same, they cannot become jammed, and the same istrue of 'the passage 5.

The barrel is of such size that some force is required to move the pellets, in orderl that there will be sucient air compression bemanier fore they are discharged. The flexible memplunger or rammer, limiting the withdrawal movement of Fig.' Li, 'that is, with the inner end of the barrel, at the recess 7, and in position to permit a projectile to drop into the recess. When the magazine is empty, or nearly empty, the plug 6 is removed and a new store of pellets is inserted.

ll claim:

l. A gun of the characterspecified, cemprising a body consisting of a barrel and a magazine, the barrel and the magazine opening at one end of the body, and the barrel opening at the other end and communicating with the magazine by a passage, said `magazine bein above 'the barrel a lun er theplunger or remmer, said barrel having a recess at the communicating passage, and the inner end of the plunger being recessed to .fit a projectile, said recess being adapted `to receive a projectile, means for limiting the outward movement of the plunger to a position with the inner end thereof on the opposite side of the communicating passage zel from the muzzle, and a closure for the open y end of the magazine.

2. A gun of the character specified, coinprising a barrel open at both ends, and a magazine extending parallel with the bar-- rel, and communicating by a passage with the barrel at the end adjacent to the breech, said barrel being contracted or choked at the passage and between the same and the muzzle of the barrel, a plunger or rannner mounted to slide in the barrel, means for limiting the withdrawal of the plunger or rammer to a' point where the inner end is at the side ofthe' passage. remote from ti e muzzle, and a closure :tor the magazine.

3. A gun oi the character specified, com-L holding it in front of the plunger or rammer, the barrel being choked at the recess and between the saine and the muzzle.

a. A gun of the character specified, comu prising a barrel, a plunger mounted to reciprocate in the barrel, anda magazine,

above the barrel and communicating with the bore of the barrel at the endy adjacent to the breech, for permitting a projectile to drop into. the barrel in front of the plunger or remmer, the barrel'being lchoked attherecess and between the same and the muzzle.,

5. Av gun of the character specied,.com prising a barrel, a plunger mounted to reciprocate vin the barrel, and a magazine above-"the barrel and communicating with the bore of the barrel, at the end adjacent to .the breech, for permitting a projectile to4 drop into the barrel in f ,ront of the plunger orrammer, said barrel having a forward pointing, conically shaped recess under the passage for recelving, plunger compressing and shaping projectile as described.v ,y

. 6. A gun of the character specified, comprising a barrel, a plunger mounted to reciprocate in the barrel, and a magazine above the barrel -and communicating with the bore of the barrel, at the end adjacent to the breech, for permitting a projectile to drop. into the barrel in front of the plunger or rammer, said barrel 'having a forwardpointing conically shaped recess at the passage capable of receiving, holding'and with plunger compressing such projectile, a

.slightly contracted part of the barrel at or in advance of the point in the barrel Where the plunger reaches when driven fullest n,

said contracted or choked part of the of pelletl holding and WithA barrel capable ofsretarding eXlt substantially as described. j.

7. A gun of the character-speciied, comprsinga barrel, a plunger mounted to reciprocate in the barrel, a magazine communicating -With the bore of the barrel'at the end adjacent to the breech for permitting., l a p rojectile to drop into the barrel in frontv of the plunger, said barrel bein kchoked near theA muzzle to temporarily hol .a projectile to assist incompressing the air when a second projectile is lmoved toward the muzzle.

8. A gun of the character specified, comprising a barrel, a plunger mounted for sliding movement on 'the barrel, means for feeding pelletsiin succession to the barrel at the end adjacent to the breech, and an internal reduction in the barrel at the opposite end for temporarilyholding a pellet to provide lfor air compressionl when itheplunger moves toward the muzzle.

NOLAN BAILEY I-IARMON, J R. Witnesses: f W. H. BARRETI, R. F. LANos'roN. 

